Ugly Advice – Giving Cakes (or Cupcakes) a Crunchy Exterior

If you want to surprise folks and give your cake a crunchy outside edge, then rather than buttering and flouring a pan, butter and sugar the pan. Since I’m making cupcakes today, I did this on a cupcake

This will give you a cake with a crunchy, candied outside layer, and is totally unexpected! It’s also, you know, really really tasty.

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Ugly Advice

Watch your oven! The cook times here are “ish” as in “cook for 8 minutes-ish”. I say this because not all ovens are the same. Your oven at 350° may actually run at 340°, while someone else’s may run at 365°. That’s fine – just watch the desserts on the first baking sheet or so to make sure they don’t burn. Then adjust the times so they make sense for you.